Erie police probe reported abduction attempt

Staff report

April 10, 2014 08:45 AM

Staff report

April 10, 2014 08:45 AM

Erie police are investigating a report of an attempted child abduction on the city's east side on Tuesday afternoon.

Police said a 10-year-old boy who was standing in the 1100 block of East Ninth Street while waiting for his mother said a man wearing a black mask grabbed him by his T-shirt and started pulling him toward some railroad tracks. The boy said he was able to break free and ran off, police said this morning.

An officer who responded saw that the boy's shirt was stretched out at the collar and had holes in it.